Language Change¶
Bybee, J. L. (2015). Language Change. Cambridge University Press. Usage-based approach to semantic change; emphasizes frequency, analogy, and reanalysis as mechanisms; connects micro-level usage patterns to macro-level language evolution. CROSS-DP-22.
Cited by¶
3 citations across 3 artifacts.
Primes¶
Domain-specific¶
- Semantic Narrowing and Widening
- Analysts can ask of any shift in a term's usage: is this term becoming more specialized or more generic? The answer carries practical implications
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Supports that lexical/semantic change is a core analysed phenomenon, but the abstract never states the narrowing-vs-widening question or its practical payoff.
“it examines general patterns of change, bringing together recent findings on sound change, analogical change, grammaticalization, the creation and change of constructions, as well as lexical change”
- Analysts can ask of any shift in a term's usage: is this term becoming more specialized or more generic? The answer carries practical implications
- Semantic Shift
- Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.
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